Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:59:36 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dualboot with FBSD boot manager Message-ID: <20050829145936.1222769a.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <1125318323.26759.3.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> References: <4312C8A3.7010906@locolomo.org> <20050829120339.24fc9fcd.dick@nagual.st> <1125318323.26759.3.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk>
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:25:23 +0100 Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 11:03, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > Windows, including XP, wants to boot off the C-drive (the first boot > > device that is). So either you switch your drives OR you setup the > > BIOS to boot of the SECOND hardrive first. > > That is not quite true. Windows Xp (&NT, 2k) can be on any partion. > The boot loader need to be at the start of the C-Drive. Technically true. I knew that. But in the case of the OP there is no way to put the bootloader of XP on the C-drive since it is formatted as a fbsd (utf) drive. Furthermore I stated that XP wants to *BOOT* off the C-drive. I did not mention the space of the rest of the OS ;-) ONE other way to deal with the problem (I did that succesfully once) is to install GAG. When you add XP as a new OS say YES to the question if the drives should be switched. That way everything can stay as it is. Only difference will be the bootmananger ;-) -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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